{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE45", "1994-10-08", 103, 2, null, null, "TRIBUTE TO RON DE LUGO", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "FRONTMATTER", "E", "E", "[{\"name\": \"Eni F. H. Faleomavaega\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "140 Cong. Rec. E", "Congressional Record, Volume 140 Issue 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 146 (Saturday, October 8, 1994)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n[Congressional Record: October 8, 1994]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]\n\n                         TRIBUTE TO RON DE LUGO\n\n                                 ______\n\n                       HON. ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA\n\n                           of american samoa\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                        Friday, October 7, 1994\n\n  Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker, earlier this year, Congressman Ron de\nLugo, chairman of Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs,\nannounced his retirement from the House of Representatives. I have\nknown Ron for 20 years, and have worked closely with him for 6 years\nnow as a Member of Congress.\n  I want to give my highest praise to this Member for his work in\nsupport of the U.S. Virgin Islands, all U.S. territories, and in fact,\nfor all of the United States as well.\n  Chairman de Lugo's career in public service spans 40 years. Among the\nhighlights of his career are:\n  In 1956, he was elected as the youngest member of the Virgin Islands\nLegislature.\n  He was elected to be the first seated delegate from the Virgin\nIslands to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1972, and has held that\nposition in every Congress since then, except one.\n  He was elected by his Democratic colleagues as a subcommittee\nchairman in 1987, and has been reelected to that position in every\nCongress since that time.\n  Mr. Speaker, Ron often mentions the difference in the consideration\nhe is afforded now as opposed to when he first came to this Chamber in\n1968. He rightfully attributes the acknowledgement he now receives to\nthe other Members of this body, for unlike the Representatives from the\nStates, whose rights and obligations are defined by the U.S.\nConstitution, we delegates exist by authority of Federal law, and the\nprivileges to which we are entitled are determined by the Rules of the\nHouse. What Ron is too modest to say, but I will say for him, is that\nif the Members of this body did not find the delegates worthy of the\nresponsibilities they have afforded us, we would not be where we are\ntoday. As the senior delegate from the territories, he is the only\ndelegate who has been here to fight for the rights and privileges we\ncurrently enjoy, and a great deal of the credit for the successes the\ndelegates and the territories have achieved over the past 20 years\nshould be given to Ron de Lugo.\n  Mr. Speaker, much has happened to the benefit of the U.S. territories\nsince the time Ron de Lugo began his tenure in Congress. He has played\nan active role in all those changes, and I want to take this\nopportunity to publicly thank and commend his for his lifetime of\nservice to the United States and the U.S. territories.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-1994-10-08-pt1-PgE45"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 15.190596925094724, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}